Английская Википедия:1972 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year

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The 1972 UK & Ireland Greyhound Racing Year was the 46th year of greyhound racing in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

Roll of honour

Major Winners
Award	Name of Winner
1972 English Greyhound Derby	Patricias Hope
1972 Irish Greyhound Derby	Catsrock Daisy
1972 Scottish Greyhound Derby	Patricias Hope
1972 Welsh Greyhound Derby	Patricias Hope
Greyhound Trainer of the Year	Tom Johnston Jr.
Greyhound of the Year	Patricias Hope
Irish Greyhound of the Year	Catsrock Daisy

Summary

The industry continued to suffer from multiple track closures, particularly those with a Greyhound Racing Association (GRA) link. The closures were a combination of the GRA Property Trust's intentions and reduced attendances blamed on competition from betting shops. The performances of Patricias Hope and Sherrys Prince brought enjoyment to the industry, during a turbulent period and both wrote themselves into the history books.

The annual National Greyhound Racing Club (NGRC) returns were released, with totalisator turnover at £54,401,529 and attendances recorded at 6,279,898 from 5592 meetings. Government tote tax was reduced from 5% to 4%. The National Greyhound Racing Club and National Greyhound Racing Society amalgamated to form one controlling body called the National Greyhound Racing Club Ltd.

Tracks

The last meeting was held at the 100,000 capacity West Ham Stadium, on 26 May, the GRA Property Trust sold the venue during a property boom. The prestigious Cesarewitch was transferred to GRA sister track Belle Vue and the Cambridgeshire switched to White City. Trainers Colin West, Ted Parker, Sidney Mann and Kenric Appleton all joined other GRA tracks, while Noreen Collin joined Walthamstow. GRA was losing its status as greyhound racing's most respected company due to the fact that they were actively buying tracks to sell for development and boost their Greyhound Property Trust share prices. They had recently purchased three tracks Carntyne Stadium, White City Stadium (Liverpool) and Portsmouth Stadium for the sole purpose of selling them for lucrative commercial properties. They also sealed a deal that brought Wimbledon Stadium fully under the GRA banner. Carntyne in Glasgow was the first track to suffer closure during May.

Hendon Greyhound Stadium closed two days after West Ham, to make way for the new Brent Cross Shopping Centre. Milton Keynes Greyhound Stadium (also known as Bletchley or Groveway) joined the NGRC banner after switching from its independent status. Scotland and Glasgow lost two tracks, Carntyne and the White City Stadium, Glasgow which was demolished to make way for the M8 motorway. Two other popular tracks Clapton Stadium and Rayleigh Weir Stadium were both in danger of shutting after being purchased by property developers but they were at least operating for the present. Rayleigh promoter Tom Stanley admitted the offer for the 12 acre Essex site was too good to refuse.

Independent tracks Tams Brig and Pennycross in Plymouth both closed, the former was replaced by a curling rink. Preston suffered a major fire that would require a total rebuild of the stand and tote equipment. To compound issues, government power cuts were frequent in January and February which forced many tracks to cut their racing schedules.

News

GRA Director of Racing, Major Percy Brown retired after 40 years in the sport, he had started as Racing Manager in 1931 at Belle Vue, his replacement was Arthur Aldridge. Owlerton Racing Manager Sam Vinter also retired after 40 years’ service. Harringay became the home of Greyhound racing on London Weekend Television's World of Sport for the next decade.

Catford was the first London stadium to attempt eight dog racing; the track was substantially altered with steep banking on the bends at significant cost. Public acceptance never came through and the experiment would finish by the end of the year. The NGRC also relaxed the rule that previously did not allow any NGRC owner or trainer to attend an independent track. Although they could now attend, they were still not allowed to run their greyhounds on independent tracks.

Trainer John Coleman departed Romford after being appointed at Wembley. Oxford trainer Bernard Cousins was killed in a car crash along with two of his greyhounds. Dolores Rocket's litter brother Come On Wonder broke the track records at West Ham (550y) and Crayford (700y) before being disqualified and going on to race on the independent circuits winning the Henlow Derby and Ashfield St Leger.

Competitions

A new event the Sussex Cup was introduced at Brighton.

The Grand National at White City arrived in April and Sherrys Prince qualified for the final amidst huge interest from the greyhound public, this remarkable hurdler went to the traps as 5-4 favourite and recorded his third successive title. The brindle dog whelped in April 1967 was owned by Mrs Joyce Matthews and had been schooled for hurdles in 1969 after finishing his flat career. He ran in 105 hurdle races winning 70 and finishing second 15 times and set 15 track records and all of this was achieved despite a broken hock in the final of the 1970 Scottish Grand National and a serious kidney infection in 1972.

Derby champion Patricias Hope was aimed at both the Welsh Greyhound Derby and Scottish Greyhound Derby in an attempt to emulate the only previous triple crown winners Trev's Perfection and Mile Bush Pride. The white and fawn dog owned by Gordon and Basil Marks and trained by Adam Jackson defeated a first class field at Cardiff that included Super Rory, Decimal Queen and Pall Mall Stakes champion Camira Story. By the end of July Patricias Hope became the third greyhound to achieve the magical Triple Crown feat after winning the Scottish Derby final. Super Rory had broken the track record in the semi-finals but lost yet again to Patricias Hope in the final, the latter was sent back to Ireland for stud duties for six months.

Cricket Bunny trained by Joe Booth denied Don't Gambol a third successive Scurry Gold Cup triumph and then won the Laurels at Wimbledon. The husband and wife team of Nick and Natalie Savva bred litters with a prefix called Westmead, a name that would become synonymous over the next forty years. Their first classic success came with Westmead Lane in the Cesarewitch, an event that was now held over the marathon distance at Belle Vue and not West Ham.

Ramdeen Stuart is bought for 260 guineas at the Shelbourne Park sales, he joined trainer Norman Oliver and by the end of the year won the St Leger at Wembley, the Steward's Cup at Wimbledon over 700 yards, the Scottish St Leger and Ben Truman Stakes.

Ireland

Newbridge Greyhound Stadium opened in County Kildare four years after the old track had closed at St Conleth's Park. Gay McKenna secured a record fourth Irish Greyhound Derby title with Catsrock Daisy.

Principal UK races

Grand National, White City (April 15 525y h, £750)
Pos	Name of Greyhound	Trainer	SP	Time	Trap
1st	Sherrys Prince	Colin West	5-4f	29.80	4
2nd	Lee Falk		14-1	30.30	6
3rd	Derry Palm	Phil Rees Sr.	5-1	30.32	5
4th	Adamstown Valley	Joe Pickering	3-1	30.72	3
5th	Nashville King		20-1	31.00	2
6th	Ragtime	John Coleman	11-2	31.20	1

Gold Collar, Catford (May 13, 610y, £1,500)
Pos	Name of Greyhound	Trainer	SP	Time	Trap
1st	Rathmartin	Clare Orton	7-4	35.36	5
2nd	Clane Rain		8-1	35.58	3
3rd	Pallas Melody	Phil Rees Sr.	6-1	35.88	6
4th	Westmead Lane	Natalie Savva	5-1	36.08	4
5th	Linmaree	Colin West	6-4f	36.54	2
6th	Coolin Ranger		20-1	36.55	1

Oaks, Harringay (May 19, 525y, £1,500)
Pos	Name of Greyhound	Trainer	SP	Time	Trap
1st	Decimal Queen	Mick Hawkins	6-4f	28.60	5
2nd	Gahans Wood	Paddy Keane	10-3	28.80	2
3rd	Catsrock Daisy	Sammy Easton	3-1	28.81	6
4th	Real Grand	Frank Baldwin	7-1	29.05	1
5th	Carrow Fancy	Arthur Hancock	7-1	29.09	3
6th	Mad Drive	Clare Orton	16-1	29.57	4

Welsh Derby, Arms Park (Jul 8, 525y £1,000)
Pos	Name of Greyhound	Trainer	SP	Time	Trap
1st	Patricias Hope	Adam Jackson	3-1	29.75	3
2nd	Another Sunrise	Harry Bamford	6-1	30.25	6
3rd	Camira Story	Adam Jackson	4-1	30.31	5
4th	Decimal Queen	Mick Hawkins	8-1	30.55	4
5th	Blackwater Glory		20-1	30.59	1
6th	Super Rory	Noreen Collin	7-4f	30.63	2

Scurry Gold Cup, Clapton (Jul 15, 400y £1,000)
Pos	Name of Greyhound	Trainer	SP	Time	Trap
1st	Cricket Bunny	Joe Booth	6-1	22.77	3
2nd	Don't Gambol	Paddy McEvoy	1-2f	22.99	4
3rd	Free Bond		14-1	23.07	1
4th	Schemer		16-1	23.25	2
5th	Moordyke Sweep	Charlie Coyle	10-1	23.28	6
6th	Wonder Tonic	Charlie Coyle	7-1	23.46	5

Scottish Greyhound Derby, Shawfield (Jul 29, 525y, £2,000)
Pos	Name of Greyhound	Trainer	SP	Time	Trap
1st	Patricias Hope	Adam Jackson	9-2	29.22	4
2nd	Priory Hi	Pen Andrews	5-1	29.28	2
3rd	Super Rory	Noreen Collin	4-6f	29.34	1
4th	Glen Ski	J Doyle – Shawfield	6-1	29.54	5
5th	Camira Story	Adam Jackson	12-1	29.86	3
N/R	Dark Crag

St Leger, Wembley (Sep 5, 700y, £1,500)
Pos	Name of Greyhound	Trainer	SP	Time	Trap
1st	Ramdeen Stuart	Norman Oliver	2-1	39.82	1
2nd	Cowboy Jo	Mick Hawkins	16-1	40.12	2
3rd	Knock Off	Harry Bamford	7-2	40.15	6
4th	Scintillas Gem	Paddy Milligan	14-1	40.35	4
5th	Westmead County	Natalie Savva	11-10f	40.59	3
N/R	Todos Bella	Dave Geggus

Laurels, Wimbledon (Sep 22, 500y, £5,000)
Pos	Name of Greyhound	Trainer	SP	Time	Trap
1st	Cricket Bunny	Joe Booth	10-3	28.11	4
2nd	Priory Hi	Pen Andrews	2-1	28.15	6
3rd	Skyhawk	Tommy Johnston Jr.	11-2	28.23	5
4th	Carry On Monalee	Clare Orton	7-1	28.25	3
5th	Short Cake	Sid Ryall	7-4f	28.33	1
6th	Kyle Legacy		20-1	28.65	2

Cesarewitch, Belle Vue (Sep 30, 880y, £2,000)
Pos	Name of Greyhound	Trainer	SP	Time	Trap
1st	Westmead Lane	Natalie Savva	11-4	51.65	2
2nd	Albany Ranger	Eddie Moore	12-1	51.68	6
3rd	Westmead Tower	Natalie Savva	3-1	51.70	4
4th	Cum Laude		7-1	51.80	1
5th	Adamstown Socks		16-1	51.90	3
6th	Knock Off	Harry Bamford	11-10f	51.92	5

Totalisator returns

Шаблон:Collapse top The totalisator returns declared to the licensing authorities for the year 1972 are listed below. Шаблон:Col-begin Шаблон:Col-3

Stadium	Turnover £
London (White City)	6,602,514
London (Walthamstow)	4,411,553
London (Wimbledon)	4,168,251
London (Harringay)	3,485,919
London (Wembley)	2,613,485
London (Catford)	2,484,991
London (Clapton)	2,066,410
Romford	1,840,960
Manchester (Belle Vue)	1,703,944
Edinburgh (Powderhall)	1,607,793
Brighton & Hove	1,491,977
Birmingham (Hall Green)	1,450,974
Crayford & Bexleyheath	1,275,684
Birmingham (Perry Barr, old)	1,271,689
Newcastle (Brough Park)	1,131,689
Glasgow (Shawfield)	1,091,184

Stadium	Turnover £
Southend-on-Sea	1,081,753
Slough	956,412
Leeds (Elland Road)	931,361
Manchester (White City)	925,441
London (Hackney)	825,056
Sheffield (Owlerton)	821,678
Wolverhampton (Monmore)	726,624
Bristol (Eastville)	701,198
Gloucester & Cheltenham	685,854
Manchester (Salford)	600,312
Newcastle (Gosforth)	557,750
Cardiff (Arms Park)	554,100
Derby	552,364
Rochester & Chatham	527,811
Poole	484,625
Willenhall	481,392

Stadium	Turnover £
Ramsgate (Dumpton Park)	464,553
Liverpool (White City)	448,882
Oxford	421,285
Reading (Oxford Road)	415,504
Portsmouth	361,999
Cradley Heath	301,472
Rayleigh (Essex)	293,441
Leicester (Blackbird Rd)	279,469
Middlesbrough	278,360
Preston	241,988
Hull (Old Craven Park)	241,117
Wakefield	203,824
Swindon	199,520
Milton Keynes	137,411